"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Vania Ivanova

• fcat.pictures@gmail.com
• Official Website

Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Marie BORDESSOULE, Adriana BOUISSIE, Nadine DE BOER, Elisa DRIQUE, Chloé LAUZU, Vincent LEVRERO, Solenne MOREAU

• l.colas@ecolescreatives.com
• Official Website

He had promised her love and faithfulness until death do them part, but Antoine, the widower, will be willing to lose his soul to be reunited with his wife on the other side.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Jean-Claude Leblanc

• Cirodapagio@gmail.com
• Official Website

Despite not being a typical military man material, Tytus decides to join a local paramilitary group created by his father. Forever an optimist, the boy heads into the forest convinced he can overcome any challenges that come his way. What he does not expect is that during the recruitment he will meet a perfectly trained girl who makes his heart beat faster and turns out to be an agent planted by his father to support him in his military endeavors. The difficulties Tytus experiences during the two-day maneuvers in the forest will help him find the strength to finally take matters into his own hands.

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Agnieszka Elbanowska

• b.friese@sfp.org.pl

A Mob based drama set in Miami during the 1980’s. A mild mannered insurance salesman by day, Valentine doubles as Chicago mob soldier hell bent on creating is on good fortune and exit from the family.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Drama"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Jorge “Jokes” Yanes

• Cirodapagio@gmail.com

This LGBT sci-fi psychological thriller tells the story of a woman grappling with suicidal ideations, trapped in a mundane, Groundhog Day-like existence who begins unraveling after reading a self-help book, Self Discovery, that unleashes her worst fears. As she reads the book, she starts seeing her own doppelgänger, a malevolent version of herself that begins taking over her life. The doppelgänger drives her to the brink of madness as she struggles to escape its grasp. [Spoiler Alert] As the film reaches its climax, the protagonist realizes the book itself is haunted, and desperately attempts to ride herself off its curse.
In the final scene, she leaves the book in a public library nook on her street. The ominous ending leaves audiences on the edge of their seats as a man picks up the book, hinting at the possibility of a sequel.
Self-Discovery is a dark and twisted exploration of the human psyche, tackling themes of mental health, identity, and tropes of the self-help culture on social media. With its gripping storyline, standout performances, and haunting visuals, Self-Discovery promises to be a must-see for fans of psychological thrillers, immersing viewers in a world that blurs the line between reality and madness.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Horror"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Actress"
"Best Director Debut"

► Directed by: Roger Artola

• noel@noelleon.co
• Official Instagram

A prison comedy short based on a true story

"Best Short  Film"
"Best Comedy"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Jorge “Jokes” Yanes

• Cirodapagio@gmail.com

Patrick Lake, a bumbling, asthmatic employee at B&D Accounting, has a big job interview for a promotion - the only thing in the way is his off-putting, egghead boss, a knife, and himself.

"Best Student Film"
"Best Young Director"

► Directed by: Liam Fineout

• fineoutliam@gmail.com
• Official Website

In a planet with oksi driven economy, everyone must wear an oksi mask to breath outside. While human Can Abat follows Uçmak and Underground closely, Egaliter who is an Iye has to face his past to accept who he is... When a warrant of arrest issued for an animal Can Abat and Egaliter joins to a common conflict.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Animation"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Symbolic Film"

► Directed by: Orhan Burak Acar

• orhanburakacar@gmail.com
• Official Website

Teun is 24, perfectly healthy and lives in the closed ward of a nursing home,
Why?
He is 24, but not all his life...
Now people still listen to what he wants, what he feels and what he thinks. Now he is still free to be who he wants to be and go where he wants, but the chances of that not being the case in the future are 1 in 5.
That's why he goes in search of answers for the future....

"Best Feature Documentary"
"Best Director"

► Directed by: Justus Jonathan de Jong

• jonathan@super7even.nl
• Official Website

Tim is going through a breakup and his best friend Rick delivers the perfect AI girlfriend "Waifu 3000" to help him cope with his depressive state. Unfortunately, Waifu 3000 isn't so perfect after all.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Jane Diokpo

• Natasha52@shaw.ca
• Official Website

An electrifying salute to the era that changed the world: THE SIXTIES!

"Best Music Video"

► Directed by: Anbarasan John Mitchell

• granville-zebra1@hotmail.com

Julius leads an ordinary life. He goes to work, he meets with his friends in the evening and he keeps to himself that every night when he is at home alone a terriefing shadow will haunt him.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Joachim Wolf

• joachim.neg@gmail.com

Jesi '39. Ezio is a young man on the run. He reaches a fountain where he meets three little girls who begin to "play" with the tarot cards. Each card is a symbol of a specific episode in Ezio's story.
From his childhood room to the Zonderwater prison camp in South Africa, an emblematic place where his destiny will be fulfilled. Here the prisoners are engaged in sports. Ezio discovers fencing. Forced detention thus turns out to be the crucial moment of his change. His real birth.
Without an apparent chronological thread, a visionary time journey gradually unfolds. Ezio confronts the nightmares of the past; he reflects in disbelief in his future as fencing master of the greatest national athletes; awakens in a new present. Everything has been accomplished.
Ezio walks among little fencers dueling. One card is down. One of the very young fencers spots her. She takes it. Only she will know which card it is. A new destiny is about to unfold.

"Best Sport Film"
"Best Symbolic Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Jonathan Soverchia

• optorr@gmail.com

A young woman is pursued by a serial killing monster...in training.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Felix van Kann

• fv2200@columbia.edu

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Andre Salloom

• mrandresalloom@gmail.com
• Official Website

A stripper and a tradie walk into a club, and go about their respective business... just for the wrong clients

"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Janneke Williamson

• stephen@scriptwrite.com.au
• Official Website

A broker who runs an ordinary-looking real estate office brokers surrogate mothers for infertile couples. One day, a client who has no need for a child from a surrogate mother due to divorce receives a message that the surrogate mother has disappeared.
<The problem of a world where the value of money exceeds the value of life>

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: il sik Jang

• ilsik115@hanmail.net
• Official Facebook

A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn't have a choice.
A film in the drama/thriller/suspense spy genre, with esoteric origins.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Composer"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Luke Rex

• ceo@9livesentertainment.net
• Official Website

Brief-Horacio, a lonely young man, cornered between his routine and disturbing dreams, stops and isolates, revealing a vital message.
Long- Horacio is a lonely young man trapped between a repetitive routine and his allegorical dreams that do not let him rest. In these circumstances, he makes the decision not to continue with his routine. But through this act his observation of common things reveal a profound message of vitality.

"Best Student Film"
"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Héctor Calvillo Hernández

• ektorcahe@gmail.com

Inspired by real events. Bergamot, the name that tangerine receives in southern Brazil. This fruit with such a characteristic smell and for many, an aphrodisiac, will trigger a night of seduction, sensual dancing, blood and revenge on an ordinary night in Rio de Janeiro. Bergamot, is a Thriller/Horror/LGBTQ film released in July 2023, and already participated in 36 Film Festivals in Brazil and abroad winning 11 Awards so far. Ten as "Best Film" and One as "Best Director" Bergamot also got nominated 6 Times on "Best Screenplay" and "Best Actor" categories.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Hsu Chien

• mrwrosario@yahoo.com
• Official Instagram

A man wanders into a speakeasy on a dreary night. It’s the roarin’ ‘20s, but it’s not roarin’ in the prohibition South. A Seductive Songstress sings a sultry, dark, tune to an intimate crowd. The Suave Bartender poses as a soda jerk. A Debonair Couple nervously cradles an envelope of cash at their table. A Broad Man angrily downs his drinks and tries to keep it together. A Beautiful Brunette stalks the bar and the room while playing with her silver, skeleton room key. The entrancing song, the Lurid Woman, urges this mysterious ensemble to carry out their dark intents.
COLOR version is also available.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Black & White Film"
"Best Fantasy"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Producer"
"Best Student Film"
"Best Adapted Screenplay"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Poster"

► Directed by: Porter Justus

• pianoman12321@gmail.com

The main character is a boy child filmed at stages in his life, aged 6-8. He dreams, observes, walks and lives in nature. He sees and draws parallels in ways mature individuals mostly have lost the ability to observe.
As a symbol of this pure observation, the ability to see the big and the tiny, a parallel story, represented by a fly, a bumblebee and a spider, is presented.
Once upon a time, he claims, we lived in harmony with our planet; a time when mother earth hummed children to sleep.
There came a time when nobody heard the song anymore.
Far north, where fjords meet forests and mountains, he's on his own, having walked far before and were searched for (by family, others?). Only one girl, age 12-13, was ever able to find him. He has walked far before but his time he will walk farther than ever before.
He falls and is hurt. A boy, age 14-15 rescues him deep in the snowy forests and takes him to a cave.
He wakes up in a bed and sees a note (with a map/code) stating: "Find the Walley of the Wolves if you can".
The boy has again been found by the girl and together they endeavour on the search for the Walley of the Wolves.

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Original Screenplay"
"Best Opening Credits"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Young Actor"

► Directed by: Arild Remmereit

• remmereit@aol.com

Amanda is a strong willed "go-getter" who has always been in control, or so she thought.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Horror"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Director"
"Best Color Editing"

► Directed by: Shawn Alexander Thompson

• shawn@everythingthompson.com

How far is too far when everything you love is on the line…

"Best Short Film"
"Best Drama"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Krystal Alexandria

• shawn@everythingthompson.com

A heartless business owner plans to fire an employee so that he can afford to buy himself a fancy new sports car, but an unusual encounter at a local supermarket may cause him to think twice.

"Best Short Film"
"Best Comedy"
"Best Original Score"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Actor"
"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Owen James

• owenjamesactor@gmail.com

A living/breathing collage of television terror that sears and rips your retinas apart. Check your pulse before changing the channel...

"Best Experimental Film"
"Best Feature Film"
"Best Director Debut"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Myles Bannatyne

• regiadieric@shaw.ca

The Film tells the story of the first moments of an arrival in a new, unknown city of the young activist Anastasiya Klysakova. With self-filmed material of very personal moments the film documents the sudden change of life we thought we have known from a personal perspective. Fragments in between memories and new beginnings. Even if situations are letting us feel so much fear in some moments, there is a place, where we want to share the stories together. The hope for peace never fails.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Marion Brogyanyi

• aloha@kreativzentrale.at
• Official Website

The story is about a bullied young boy who comes to a strange world and starts his adventure.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: 紫曦 詹

• z643450329@gmail.com

Two brothers in search of an area of freedom, before the walls of the disease become too high.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Bhopal

• hadrienbertuit@gmail.com

The Water Battle in Ouro Preto is a documentary that explores the controversy surrounding the privatization of water supply and sanitation services in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. The work delves into the social, political and health developments that emerged in response to privatization, including popular movements for the remunicipalization of sanitation.
Triggered by the controversial privatization process of the company Saneuro in 2020, the film examines the consequences of this act and the subsequent violations of human rights, especially with regard to access to water and sanitation. Saneuro, a consortium of local and foreign companies, is placed under a critical lens.
The documentary traces the path of popular resistance and attempts at remunicipalization, revealing the challenges and barriers faced, such as the struggle to reverse a privatization contract and the financial and political difficulties imposed by the action of transnational corporations. It also presents the dangers of the commodification of water, the problems of access to clean water and the impact on public health, with people turning to unregulated and potentially unsafe sources of water. The Batalha da Água in Ouro Preto is a testament to the need to protect and promote quality public services as essential for health, well-being and socio-environmental justice.

"Best Short Documentary"

► Directed by: Matheus Vieira

• matheusjvieira@gmail.com

Kray Dead is comedy about a dysfunctional family that owns operates in funeral home. Seems even the dead need a good laugh now and then.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Horatio Tihanyi, Dawn Nargi

• horatio.tihanyi@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

Sayaka, a seductive woman who calls herself a web professional who appeared in front of Kanzaki, who runs a psychiatric clinic. Kanzaki was helplessly attracted to her, but Sayaka were mentally ill. Suspense on the theme of narcissistic personality disorder

"Best Actress"

► Directed by: Junji Hanadou

• hanadou@gmail.com
• Official Website

At the beginning of my stay at Arte Ventura in Spain I saw a small dead robin next to my apartment. I was afraid to step on top of him. So I thought of a way to prevent this.
For 6 years I have been commmisioned by the cemeteries De Nieuwe Ooster en De Nieuwe Noorder in Amsterdam. To commemorate the beloved deceased in a film.
Sometimes I miss that and sometimes I don’t because now there are new options.
Death always remains in our lives for humans and animals.
For this little bird I devised a ritual.

"Best Experimental Film"

► Directed by: Margreet Kramer

• margreetkramer@xs4all.nl
• Official Website

Jun-young is an Myungsook University freshman with a lively and cheerful personality and tries to practice Youtube Vlogs with a new secondhands camera.
He started practicing camera shooting with Sung-min, an older & mysterious classmate.
While filming, Jun-young finds out that Sung-min is a transgender who had the trauma of assault while serving in the military.
Jun-young who was looking at her from afar, decides to start filming a documentary about Sung-min, her, a transgender woman, on March 31.
D.O.V. is based on true story of Korea transgender issues - Transgender Student Sookmyung Women's University Abandonment Case & Forced discharge of transgender soldier, Sergeant Byun Hee-soo in 2020 - and sexual violence in military reported by Amnesty International Korean branch in 2019.
The title, D.O.V, comes from March 31st, International Transgender Day Of Visibility.

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"

► Directed by: Jay Park

• jay0469@naver.com
• Official Facebook

A plasticine character named Grey Clay lives in a painter's studio, hiding in a drawer. Once upon a time he watches the painter's work with great interest as he creates one painting after another. One day he is left alone in the studio and decides to try to paint a picture himself. Despite his inexperience, will he manage to overcome adversity and create his own painting?
Plastelinowa postać imieniem Szarek mieszka w pracowni malarskiej, ukrywając się w szufladzie. Pewnego razu z ogromnym zainteresowaniem obserwuje pracę malarza podczas tworzenia kolejnych obrazów. Pewnego dnia gdy zostaje sam w pracowni postanawia spróbować samodzielnie namalować obraz. Czy mimo braku doświadczenia uda mu się pokonać przeciwności losu i stworzyć własny obraz?

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Michał Kucharski

• michal.kucharski@post.pl

Intervention" is a gripping short film that delves into the unsettling world of schizophrenia, exploring the blurred lines between reality and psychosis. The story revolves around Robert, a man battling with schizophrenia, and his close-knit group of friends: Sef, Vincent, and Iris.
As the film opens, we meet Robert, who is in the midst of a severe psychotic episode. Auditory hallucinations torment him, blurring the lines between his internal turmoil and external interactions with Iris. Robert's world begins to crumble as these hallucinations intensify, subjecting him to immense stress.
Meanwhile, Vincent and Sef engage in a heartfelt conversation about Robert. Vincent, deeply concerned for his friend, seeks guidance from Sef, another close friend. Together, they grapple with the uncertainty of how best to support Robert as his condition worsens. The film skillfully immerses the audience in Robert's disorienting experience, emphasizing the torment of his auditory hallucinations.
The film's conclusion leaves viewers with a sense of ambiguity. Vincent, determined to help his friend, makes the difficult decision to call a doctor for Robert. However, Vincent's intention to push Robert into psychiatric care raises ethical questions about the delicate balance between support and personal autonomy. It also sheds light on Robert's paranoia about seeking the medical help he needs. This thought-provoking ending raises more questions than it provides answers for.
Ultimately, "Intervention" leaves Robert's fate uncertain, encouraging thought and discussion about the intricate challenges faced by individuals dealing with schizophrenia and the dilemmas their loved ones encounter when trying to assist them. It's a poignant exploration of mental health, friendship, and the fine line between compassion and coercion in the context of severe mental illness.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Iris C. M. Frank, Manuel Stephan Oberhollenzer

• icmf@irisfrank.at
• Official Website

After a discussion with his partner, Victor starts experiencing attacks from an evil being. Trapped in his own house Victor must survive.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Roberto Carlos Martínez Ruiz

• robertocmartinez5@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

Moon-Face is adapted from a 1901 short story by Jack London. There were some public discussions about the source of the story, which relates a very dark tale about one man's hate of another. The film is produced with a graphic novel theme, and the graphics/audio were chosen to create more tension to support the storyline.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Jim Ereaux

• fredjonze@canzo.net

Nicolas, 35, is in debt with his wife Eva. A chance meeting with an old friend pushes him to sign up for "MORT ou BIFF", a reality TV game. To win the money promised to the winner, he will have to survive a whole night locked in a house with a murderer...

"Best Thriller"

► Directed by: Gustave Linette

• gustave.linette@gmail.com
• Official Website

A Chinese-American mother Lily Zhang embarked on a tortuous journey of healing after her son was killed in a school shooting（based on a true event）, accompanied by her family and the families of other victims.
（Setting against the backdrop of true event from the 2018 Parkland, Florida School Mass Shooting, a young Chinese-American hero Peter Wang who was shot and killed while helping his classmates escape.
This film is an intimate, heartbreaking portrait of Lily Zhang, a Chinese American mother. It leads a dazzling, sorrowful, and deeply affecting journey through unbearable pain of losing her son, ultimately reclaiming humanity and hope. It is a cry of the mothers and families who've suffered devastating losses and a present of love for those who are in need of emotional healing. ）

"Best Feature Film"
"Best Director"
"Best Composer"
"Best Cinematography"
"Best Editing"

► Directed by: Bihong Sha

• shasha988@gmail.com
• Official Website

An ignorant man is haunted by an entity day after day, as much as he tries to ignore the evil creature that stalks him from outside the comfort of his home, it slowly gets closer and closer to him. Despite his best efforts, he cannot outrun the revelation that the horrifying entity must reveal.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Stephen Clarke Dunne

• topfloorfilms@gmail.com
• Official Website

In a post-apocalyptic world where zombies decay can be stopped or slowed down, zombies are used as slaves. In a pawn shop, Blood and Bone, the way people treat “workers” is seen as how dark the world has become.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Directed by: Laura J. Hickman

• laurajhickman213@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

An adult film crew find themselves in trouble when their leading actor overdoses.

"Best Short Film"

► Directed by: Luke Main

• luket.main@hotmail.com

In this dark comedy, a devious thief pilfers lunches from the company refrigerator. Staff employees are out for blood. Where will the food bandit strike next?!!!

"Best Dark Comedy"
"Best Poster"

► Directed by: James Carman

• timetravelerarts@gmail.com

A trio of women ,on route to a concert find themselves in jeopardy when they run out of gas, and end up at an ominous auto wrecking yard with a witch problem.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Warren Dean Fulton

• warrendeanfulton@gmail.com

When the body of his missing father turns up, Sebastian begins seeing repressed memories within his dreams. Trying to find solace in his friends, he begins to question reality, finding himself unable to tell truth from nightmare.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Benjamin Kadaffi

• benjaminadamjohnson23@gmail.com
• Official Facebook

A penniless director without connections in the film industry is trying to make a short film but is struggling in the process. A "friend" of his advises to take inspiration from his daily life... so, while he's having his typical evening and trying to collect thoughts, he finds out he may not be alone in the house.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Mattia Parnanzone

• SocialistMonkeyProductions@gmail.com

Paul is the life and soul of the party. Behind closed doors however, is a different story. His mental health is at an all time low, and he has turned to drugs and alcohol to try and cope. Can he get his life back on track?

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Patrick Bailey

• pbailey04@hotmail.com
• Official Twitter

PECULIAR AND STRANGE is the playful but profound story of two eccentric girls who discover the power of finding a friend as peculiar as you. As they embrace their strange, they let it truly and magically transform them—changing into unexpected forms while somehow becoming more and more themselves.

"Best Animation"

► Directed by: Hanna Kim

• hannakim@alum.calarts.edu
• Official Instagram

A mother's desperate journey to save her daughter from evil forces takes a chilling turn when a sinister child with black eyes haunts their lives. With the help of a skeptical pastor, they confront an evil presence that possesses children. A battle against the supernatural unfolds as darkness escalates, leading to a shocking revelation.

"Best Short Screenplay"

► Written by: Thomas Scott Adams

• adams.thomasscott@gmail.com
• Official Website

Lois Banks share her story of how God manifest miracles in her life!

"Best Feature Film"

► Directed by: Lois M Banks

• loisbanks836@gmail.com
• Official Website

My documentary shares my health knowledge as a licensed nurse for humanity.

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Lois M Banks

• loisbanks836@gmail.com

Ruben Taylor, a newly graduated journalist, gets more than he bargained for when he investigates a string of disappearances leading to a sacrificial cult.

"Best Horror"

► Directed by: Marcus Tyler Vaughn

• trojaprod@gmail.com
• Official Instagram

Amber, a pre-med student, is interviewing for a job at her local retirement home. Thinking the job is going to be just something for her resume, she is surprised at how chaotic her interview - and interviewer - is. Amber is tasked with finding an escaped dementia patient, alongside the other eccentric residents, in order to get the job. Can she handle it?

"Best Television Script"

► Directed by: Breanne Nicole Wilson

• breannen.wilson@gmail.com

Brilliant geneticist Dr. Xosha has been stricken down with a life-threatening illness a month after he was given his commission as Science Officer on the starship S.O. Malcolm. He's spent the last 10 months building and testing his android replacements. We explore his last 3 days, what went into his selection and who was chosen.

"Best Web-Site"

► Directed by: Antoine M Dillard

• filmmakerantoine@gmail.com
• Official Website

On National Reo Day, The Sol Elder sits down to talk about the Legend behind Reo of the House of Ra. There was a prophecy that a fallen house will regain glory by finding an ancient life source which will replenish the scarce resources to the planet for eternity. A young girl and the sole member of the House of Ra finds a relic that will lead her to the Great life Star. She embarks on a journey with a few friends to reclaim and rebuild her house honor by saving the planet.

"Best Fantasy"

► Directed by: Antoine M Dillard

• filmmakerantoine@gmail.com

"Axè, Salvador!" nasce dalla passione dell'autore per il Brasile ed in particolare per la città di Salvador De Bahia

"Best Feature Documentary"

► Directed by: Domenico Rodolfo Grillone

• grido55@hotmail.com

A summoning, cleansing and releasing ritual for the many ghosts of lutruwita.

"Best Fantasy"

► Directed by: Kyle Faulkner

• kyle.phorse.film@gmail.com
• Official Website

Join the journey with Detective Alice to find out who the notorious outlaw is.

"Best LGBTQ+ Film"
"Best Original Score"

► Directed by: Kyky Yang

• kaiyunyang@alum.calarts.edu
• Official Website

Two girls plan to get an affirmative response from their "not so sure" boyfriends, that they are serious about their relationships. The guys although, don't feel like rushing anywhere.

"Best Comedy"

► Directed by: Maksim Ilkovski

• maxmaximofficial@gmail.com

Anything You Lose explores the world of Reproductive Technologies and its effects on mental health. The documentary delves into the booming industry, where clinics compete for clientèle with high success rates, and follows the director on her personal seven-year journey. Irina Vodar and her husband Eddie are a couple who want to have a child but face challenges and pressures along the way. Through cinema vérité footage and narration, Vodar shares her intimate story of hope and resilience, and examines the psychological impact of reproductive technologies on patients, such as addiction, shame, isolation and silence.

"Best Educational Film"

► Directed by: Irina Vodar

• irinavodar@gmail.com
• Official Website

20 years after the murder of a college student, a police captain reopens the cold case and begins getting help from a mysterious hacker who leads her to a handful of suspects.

"Best Television Script"

► Written by: Gary F St. Martin

• gary@conventionvideo.com

One cold morning at the Apachieland saloon two men walked in and sat at the end of the bar to my right. One was a big fellow with wavy hair down to his shoulders, mustached and bearded---he looked like he’d seen better days. The other man was smaller, also bearded and mustached, and wore a bandanna on his head. I asked the big fella, ”What’s your name?” “Frank Kawaloski,” he smiled. “Are you guys with the film crew?” They nodded. I looked them over and said, “I hear the director is a Little Cesar and when he says jump, you ask how high?” The smaller man asked, “Do you want a shot of brandy in your coffee?” “Yes,” I replied, as it was freezing in the saloon. Frank asked if I was afraid, and I said, “NO! That guy better not try pushing me or…” and I raised my little fist and shook it. Frank looked at the smaller man and said, “Do you see that SAM? You better behave, or this little girl will part your hair!” “Really? I’m Sam Peckinpah.” We stared at each other for a bit then I said, “Gotta Go”, finished my coffee, jumped off the barstool, and skedaddled.
When the film crew started working in town, I was an extra. Every time I turned around, I caught him looking at me. Understand, although people said I looked like Doris Day, I didn’t think so. I always had a weight problem and I didn’t like myself. I didn’t understand what was happening, as all my emotions were going crazy. Why this man? Why did I have these strong feelings for this old grizzly guy? I felt like I’d been hit by a truck, my heart hammered, and my head hurt. I wanted to run but needed the money, so worked and tried to keep my distance.
The following day, Sam worked the crew from 8 AM to 3 AM. There was always tension on the set, but that night electricity was in the dry cold desert air. Sam looked at me and said, ”You walk by with that cowboy over there and be happy and gay.” “No, I’m tired, find somebody else.” Lucian Ballard looked at me pleadingly. “Ok”, I said, and picked a cowboy from our street shows, walked past the camera, turned, looked into the camera, and said, “Ha. Ha, Ha,” and kept walking. Sam softly said, “Cut… you, my dear are a rotten, rotten, Rotten actress!” “Do it again, Goddammit!” The second time I did do it perfectly.
The next morning up at the barn standing near a beautiful black horse, I looked down the street and watched Sam standing in the middle of the road giving orders to the crew. You’ve heard of road rage, well, I had horse rage. Before I knew it, I was up on that black horse leaning down his neck and said, “You see that man? He called me a rotten, rotten, rotten actress. Let’s kill ‘em.” I kicked that horse and we thundered down the road hell-bent for leather. Sam saw us coming, didn’t move a muscle, and just stood there. Luckily the horse was smarter than me, sidestepped at the last instant so that my leg hit Sam’s arm, and twisted him into the direction we were going.
Pulling up the horse, I looked back and saw Sam standing there looking at me with a Mona Lisa smirk on his face.
The story is emotional, funny, and sad…
The film ends with a mini-documentary...

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Nancee LaFayette

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Raconte l’histoire d’un jeune homme qui fais tout pour réaliser son rêve a paris de devenir comédien mais la réalité du milieu va finir par avoir raison de lui entre les problèmes familiaux , l’es problème d’argent est la difficulté de partir de 0 Amine va peut a peut sombrer psychologiquement …
Tells the story of a young man who does everything to realize his dream in Paris of becoming an actor but the reality of the environment will end up getting the better of him between family problems, the problem of money is the difficulty of leaving from 0 Amine goes can a can sink psychologically

"Best Actor"

► Directed by: Sdiri Mohamed

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Set in the year 2044, Five years after the dissolution of an Undead Pandemic, Billionaire Tycoon Nate Parker is falsely imprisoned for the murder of his wife. He and nine other participants have the chance of freedom if they survive five tasks. Fast paced with a number of twists and turns along the way, Fright Games is a Horror Thriller cross between SQUID GAMES, THE RUNNING MAN, and THE WALKING DEAD.

"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Steven Paul McCarthy

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It’s 1970 when Max Hoffman’s marriage and engineering career start to tumble. Even though he secured another job shortly after massive NASA layoffs, his wife Dorothy is getting tired of his growing “distance” brought on by his obsession with his WWII past. As their marriage eases amicably (but with tensions) into separation, Max gets close to a gregarious and funny Jewish colleague named Noah, with whom Max plays tennis and shares his personal problems.
Max is haunted more by SS torture than by his time as an ace fighter pilot. One memory follows him almost everywhere in the form of an imaginary woman, Wavy, a memory born of a young Jewish woman killed in front of him during his time at an experimental interrogation center next to Sajmiste Concentration Camp in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His alter ego, her image materializes only for him. Often, she speaks with Max, even councils him. And sometimes Max’s memory brings the image of sadistic Commandant Farbin, the man who ordered her death.
While having dinner one night at the Goldblatt home, Max meets Noah’s wife, Ruth, who tells of their lost baby daughter, Alita. In fact, the holocaust took most their respective families. When Max sees a photo of Alita, he recognizes her immediately as a beautiful three-year-old Jewish girl the SS used as an interrogation tool: “Talk, Major Hoffman, or we’ll shoot this little girl!”
Another SS interrogation tool involves a pair of beautiful Jewish twins, eighteen-year-old Ariel and Leah, who are quite close to Alita (her substitute mother figures) but are also used to make allied officers talk through sexual pleasure. Max and Leah end up growing the greatest love of their lives but are separated just days before liberation. Of course, with all the mayhem after the war, they are separated for twenty-five years until Noah, Ruth and Max start the search for Alita. But since Alita was too young to remember her family name, they must find Leah first to see if she knows what’s become of Alita. Finally, a twist in fate has brought hope.


"Best Feature Screenplay"

► Written by: Kevin Dobbs

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